Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-08-05
SAMANTHY ONA"TOWER.

ers are so elevatin' and upliftin'.
He proposed that we should go on our
first tower to Washington. Says he:
"We are all run behind in payin' visits;
less go first and see Miss Bean"
Miss Bean is his favorite third cousin
on his own side. He thinks sight on
her. But good land so do l. l hain't
a mite jealous; like Miss Bean. She
may be little vain and gin to likin' her
relation over and above well. Blu. good
land. that is a good fault. | like Miss
Bean. And we owed her lots of visits;
she had mace her home with us before
she married Bean.
So we set sail early one mornin' and
arrived at Miss Beanses, Washington,
d. c., just as the sunset was lowerin'
down her purple mantilly and hangin'
it in graceful folds over the settin' sun.
The sun had gone out Of sight, and
the mantilly speak on all lay in dusky
crumbled folds right down on the hori-
zon, but | have to flower off facts a
little.
Miss Bean wuz glad to see us, and she
and Josiah seemed almost oyerglad to
meet again. But see at first sight (and
mentioned it to Josiah afterward) that
poor woman had failed dretfully, and
pitied the poor thing, and seys | " am
afraid that Bean hain't what he should
be-"
And Josiah said: "IIe never thought
much of Beam" which may be true so
far us | know.
Bean was off a travelin' on the road
for groceries.
Well, the next mornin', KNOWN thai
this tower wasa short one, we didn't lay
out 10 stay more'n two or three days,
and KNOWN from our elevated positions
a great deal would be expected of Us by
GAINESVILLE and the world in the line of
knowledge, seys to Josiah early the
next mornin':
"Josiah Allen. it stands us in hanG to
be up and Il doin'," and seys !, as mid
ellin' solemn facts: "What shall we
tackle first, JOSIAH"
And lie says, "The Capitol"
And consequently we tackled it.
Immegetly after breakfast, good one
Though the steak wuzn't so tender as |
have seen, and the bread wuzn't like the
bread in Il certain stone Churn, in GER
tain buttery. and so | mentioned to JO-
siah) still it was midellin' good break
fast, and we sot out in pretty good
sperets, and the street car. We thought
we would ride round the city little
afor we tackled the Capitol. Miss Bean
had to stay at home to tend to things,
and though Josiah seemed to be despe-
reted about her not goin' with US, | felt
inclined to look on it as Il dispersation,
ard to be resigned to it.
was dressed well and felt we'll. |
had on bran new parnethy dress, and
a mantilly of the same, with tabs, long
new green veil, umberel, as good as
new, and also had n new pair of woost-
ed gloves, the same as my dress. ] cor
responded all through, and felt well,
but not naughty.
And so we wended our way along the
br&d, clean, beautiful streets; why
they wuz that clean you could almost
eat your breakfast off 'em, and broad,
why broad is no name for 'em.
And seys 20 Josiah: "What do you
spose makes the streets so broad and
clean?"
And he says: "What henders the
streets from bein' broad when the Gov.
ernment owns the hull country. 1t
would he pity if it couldn't make the
sti Gets broad enough to spread itself out
in" Says he, "The law of American
freedom is wide one; it takes sights of
room to roll around in, and it impresses
foreign natives dreifully to see the
wedth of the tracks. And as for their
bein' so clean," says he, "there is lots OF
able bodied men here who don't have a
thing to do only TO make a law now and
then. l spose meShy they lay hold and
help sometimes"
II don't believe it," says !. They'd
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would be-" seys L. "For this is clean
work compared to some they have to do.
But, howsomever, they wouldn't do it,"
"Oh, WE'LL" seys Josiah, ''I shouldn't
wonder if they would, jest to pass away
time, jest for exercise, you know"
But knew they didn't. And how
under the sun the city is kept so sweet
and clean is a mystery to me, unless the
folks along the road gets up and washes
'em off with a cloth dUrin' the night.
And don't believe they do that, be-
cause that would wear OIL 'em-and ev-
erybody looked so good-humored and
happy, AM sort of refreshed and gay,
that gin up the idea. And so had TO
put it away in the closet where l keep
mysteries. (That closet is jest packed
full and got to be enlarged.)
Aad all along the broad. clean, beau
tiful streets, every row and then. and
sometimes ofteDer, are little three
cornered parks, they call 'em reserya-
tions, full of green trees and flowers,
and fountains and statutes. All over
Washington, at almost every street
corner, you'll find 'em, and even big
parks full of all sorts Of beautiful trees
and flowers. Glossy leaved magnolias,
one mass of brilliant rose color, aud
then trees bending down with pink and